Dorris

Where Dorris comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dorris.

Dorris through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Dorris Bowdon born
    American actress
  3. 1923
    Peak, #391
    290 babies named Dorris, its best rank.
  4. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #546.
  5. 1966
    Dorris Haron Kasco born
    Ivorian photographer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Dorris Bowdon · American actress, 1914–2005
  • Dorris Haron Kasco · Ivorian photographer, born 1966
  • Dorris Henderson · American musician, 1933–2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.